1996 CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSINGFACT SHEET 2NUMBER OF 1996 CENSUS GEOGRAPHIC AREAS

Spatial Unit

NSW

VIC

QLD

SA

WA

TAS

NT

ACT

OT(a)

AUST

ASGC

(effective 1 July 1996)

S/T

State/Territory

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

9

SD

Statistical Division

13

12

12

8

10

5

3

2

1

66

SSD

Statistical Subdivision

43

45

30

21

26

9

11

8

1

194

SLA

Statistical Local Area

189

200

449

130

151

44

63

107

3

1336

No. SLAs in Cap City SD

46

74

225

31

37

35

8

106

0

562

LGA

Local Government Area (b)

178

79

126

119

143

30

9

1

1

686

SDist

Statistical District (c)

6

7

8

n.a.

n.a.

2

n.a.

1

n.a.

21 (c)

MSR

Major Statistical Region

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

14

SR

Statistical Region

23

14

11

6

7

1

1

1

1

65

CD

Collection District (d)(e)

11566

7889

6366

3150

3480

1089

378

492

12

34422

No. CDs in Cap City SD (d)

6504

5241

2607

2141

2314

390

138

485

n.a

19820

SOS

Sections of State

5

5

5

5

5

5

4

3

3

40

UCL

Urban Centre/Locality

526

316

350

154

170

101

54

3

4

1678

Census Specific

CED

Commonwealth Electoral Division (f)

51

38

27

13

15

6

2

3

0 (a)

155

SED

State Electoral Division (f)

100

89

90

48

58

29

26

3

n.a.

385

SSC

State Suburb (f)(g)

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

362

298

94

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

754

POA

Postal Area (f)(h)

590

627

394

322

294

109

25

25

2

2388

POCUCP

Postcode of Usual Residence (k)

623

700

432

341

394

119

31

28

6

2639

AREG

ATSIC Region (f)(n)

6

2

8

3

9

1

7

1

2

36 (n)

IARE

Indigenous Area (o)

188

50

153

38

129

16

114

3

3

692 (o)

ILOC

Indigenous Location (o)

267

59

182

71

179

26

146

3

3

934 (o)

Misc. Areas

Water CDs

52

0

6

1

1

0

11

7

0

78

Offshore CDs

1

1

1

1

1

2 (m)

1

n.a.

n.a.

8

Migratory CDs

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

n.a.

n.a.

7

Shipping CDs

11

9

17

11

18

11

3

n.a.

n.a.

80

(a) OT - Other Territories - Includes the Territories of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island and Jervis Bay. Cocos (Keeling) & Christmas Islands are incorporated into an WA CED and Jervis Bay is incorporated into an ACT CED and a NSW POA. The POA and CEDs are only counted in their State/Territory of origin.(b) Includes 1 LGA 9399 Unincorporated for each State/Territory.(c) Statistical Districts can cross State/Territory borders, as such SDists may be counted twice in a State/Territory (NSW 3, VIC 1, QLD 1, ACT 1). They are counted once for the Australia total.(d) Excludes water CDs as no counts are recorded for water CDs (Nil CDs).(e) Includes Off-shore, Migratory and Shipping CDs.(f) CD Derived - Areas derived from a best fit basis, from externally determined boundaries.(g) State Suburb counts do not include the one 'unclassified' suburb that occurs in each State and Territory.(h) Includes 1 "dump" postcode (x999) for each State/Territory - x= State or Territory code. Postal Area boundaries may cross State/Territory borders, and are counted in the State or Territory of origin.(k) The total of the States do not add up to the Australian total because some postcodes cross State borders. A postcode can be counted in several states.(m) 2nd Offshore CD is Antarctica(n) ATSIC Regions cross State and Territory borders, as such AREGs may be counted twice in a State/Territory (NSW 1, WA 1, ACT 1, OT 2) . They are counted once in the Australia total.(o) Parts of Jervis Bay Territory are incorporated in a NSW IARE and ILOC and all of the Territories of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are included in a WA IARE and ILOC. These IAREs and ILOCs are counted twice - in the OT as well as in the particular State. They are counted once in the Australia total.n.a. not applicable

(a) In the Queensland Journey to Work Study Area, 39 of the 41 CDs contained within SLA Mareeba (34850) are not included in the study area. This study area includes the NSW SLAs of Tweed (A) - Pt A (17551) and Tweed (A) - Pt B (17552).(b) In the Australian Capital Territory Journey to Work Study Area, 19 of the 22 CDs contained within SLA Cooma/Monaro (12050) are included in the study area. This study area includes the NSW SLAs of Cooma - Monaro (12050), Gunning (13600), Queanbeyan (16450), Yarrowlumla (A) - Pt A (18651), Yarrowlumla (A) - Pt B (18652) and Yass (18700).